Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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This thesis investigates three films by pre-revolutionary Russian director Yevgeni Bauer, in which men obsessed with portraits of dead women enter into relationships with female stage performers,...Show moreThis thesis investigates three films by pre-revolutionary Russian director Yevgeni Bauer, in which men obsessed with portraits of dead women enter into relationships with female stage performers, who die as a result of this relationship. I argue that the stasis and death invoked by the portraiture these men obsess over clashes with the kinetic nature of these women, which is indicated in part by their self-expression on the stage, in such a way as to introduce the necessity of female death into the relationships. Further, I argue that the construction of the films indicates a critical view of the male position in these relationships.Show less
The artist-as-archivist is not a new concept. Artists have been dealing with the archive for some time, mostly employing personal or found material. There is a small group of artists that works...Show moreThe artist-as-archivist is not a new concept. Artists have been dealing with the archive for some time, mostly employing personal or found material. There is a small group of artists that works with fictional archives, meaning that the archives they produce are made from scratch. These archives do not necessarily represent actual events but rather point towards issues surrounding the archives that seem problematic. This thesis will look at three of these fictional archives and bring them in connection with postmodern archival theory. This theory advocates a more open and active archive, and in this context it seems possible to discuss fictional archives and their implications. Aspects such as identity, minorities, production of knowledge, Institutional Critique, trauma and the writing of history will be considered. As the three main case studies will serve The Fae Richards Photo Archive (1996) by Zoe Leonard, Fauna Secreta (1985) by Joan Fontcuberta and Pere Formiguera and The Atlas Group (1989-2004), initiated by Walid Raad.Show less
